A family was left disgusted after they sat down for a roast dinner and found an inch-wide green growth inside their Tesco chicken.

Mother-of-two Zoe Solanki was visiting her parents for a Valentine's lunch when she made the 'horrifying' discovery in the chicken her father had bought from a Tesco branch in Purley, south London.

As the 32-year-old carved the bird she found two 1cm areas of green meat in the breast.

Zoe Solanki, 32, pictured with her children James and Summer, was visiting her parents for a Valentine's lunch when she made the 'horrifying' discovery in the chicken her father had bought from a Tesco in south London

The mother-of-two carved the bird but was horrified when she found two 1cm areas of green meat in the breast

The discovery ruined the meal for the family who ended up opting to just eat the vegetables.

Ms Solanki, who lives in St Albans, Hertfordshire, with her partner Nathan Bird, said: 'I was horrified, disgusted and shocked that something like that could happen.

'I was just dumbfounded at how they could sell a chicken for human consumption with that in it.